O'Cannabiz BC Bud Awards

O’Cannabiz BC Bud awards – Vancouver 2018

O'Cannabiz Crusader Award

Our O’Cannabiz Crusader Award recognizes a person within the Canadian cannabis industry who has championed social progress, attaching our sector to society-wide causes.

AWARDED TO: CAM BATTLEY

O’Cannabiz Trailblazer Award

This will be awarded to an individual who has pioneered changes in legislation and attitudes that made full legalization of cannabis possible, and/or has been an ongoing activist ensuring that the country’s evolving legal embrace of marijuana is equitable and fair. Its first winner, Jamie Shaw, is a lobbyist and writer who testified powerfully in a landmark federal case that confirmed the right of Canadians to grow their own medical marijuana. A member and organizer of myriad compassion and medical marijuana group, she helped develop the dispensary regulations in Vancouver and Victoria that became a template for the country. She is also the founding vice-chair of Vancouver’s Women Grow, advocating for female cannabis entrepreneurs.

AWARDED TO: JAMIE SHAW

O’Cannabiz Start Up of the Year Award

Like a World Series title, a start-up that changes the game in the cannabis industry can come down to one pitch. This award – in association with the investment social network Leafwire and Entrepreneur – gives six cannabis start-ups three minutes each (plus three minutes of Q&A) to impress a who’s who of cannabis industry elites with their tightly-focused goals and game-plan. The winner will receive a Golden Ticket to the longest, and maybe most lucrative, elevator ride of their life – an appearance on Season 4 of Entrepreneur’s hugely popular Elevator Pitch webcast. There’s investment money, and possible crowdsourcing at the end of this award run. Success starts here.